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December 4, 2015
WHO WE ARE
Your Health
Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin
to community members’ health benefits by the end of 2018. All have standardized From WELLNESS, page 1 Commanding General
on Fort Irwin as well as visiting Soldiers exercise and testing equipment and are
training at the National Training Center.” staffed by highly qualified personnel. Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Satur- Command Sgt. Maj. Edison Rebuck
days, Sundays and holidays. Servicemem- Post CSM
The first AWC opened in 2005. Today, Fort Irwin’s new AWC is located in bers, and their family members, retirees
there are 24 in the United States, Germany the Resiliency Center, building 127, and Army civilian employees can make an Col. Scott Taylor
and Italy. The Army plans to have 27 cen- on the corner of Inner Loop Road and appointment at the center at 380-7373 or Garrison Commander
ters by the end of 2015 and 37 completed First Street and is open Monday through can be referred by their unit or a physi-
cian at WACH. Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos Esmurria
Garrison CSM
Pamela Portland
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Photo by Michael Beaton, MEDDAC PAO HIGH DESERT WARRIOR
Ribbon cutting at Fort Irwin Army Wellness Center by: Andrew Munsterman, AWC director; Col. Jason Wieman, commander of
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NEWSPAPER AWARDS
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Honorable Mention, 2008 Dept. of the Army
Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware
Newspaper Competition — Tabloid category
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Capt. Walter Vogel – intelligence trainer with Eagle Team, Photo by Michael Beaton, MEDDAC PAO
Operations Group here – and his spouse, Bethany Vogel, Eric Middleton, a health educator with United States Army Medical
sign in to use the Army Wellness Center shortly after a Department Activity, explains the “Bod Pod” to community members
ribbon cutting for the facility, Nov. 19. touring the new Army Wellness Center here, Nov. 19. The Bod Pod,
which resembles a space capsule, measures body composition,
meaning the ratio of body fat to lean muscle.
For more information go to www.irwin.army.mil